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→Biblical flood story
Genesis describes the condition of mankind in the years following the expulstion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden:
Genesis describes the condition of mankind in the years following the expulstion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden:
*''And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.'' (Gen. 6:5)
*''And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.'' (Gen. 6:5)
God had repented of His creation, and decided to destroy it; only Noah was righteous before Him, and God decided Noah and his family was to be spared the destruction of the world by a flood. Noah was told to build an ark, place onboard pairs of animals, and ride out the waters.
God had repented of His creation, and decided to destroy it; only Noah was righteous before Him, and God decided Noah and his family was to be spared the destruction of the world by a flood. Noah was told to build an ark, place onboard pairs of animals, and ride out the waters. The ark came to rest in the mountains of Ararat, where Noah made a sacrifice to God, who accepted it and swore never to destroy the earth with a flood again, giving the rainbow as a sign of His covenant.
==Babylonian flood story==
==Babylonian flood story==